What to do when your motherboard won't recognise Win7 QUESTION I recently built a PC around an Intel Core i7 950 processor, 3GB of RAM and an Asus Rampage II Extreme motherboard. But the motherboard refuses to recognise Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. Tony Hall
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Hi people,
I am experiencing a weird problem with my Windows 7 64bit installation, if I don't use the keyboard for a while it makes a sort of "blip" sound in my speakers.
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Hi all,
Please help me if you can, as my main desktop is down. Thanks a lot for your time. Please read on. Sorry for the lengthy post.
Problem Summary . The machine has only 1 OS: Windows 7 x64 Professional. If I try to boot normally past the Windows logo screen, I'll receive a BSOD and...
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Hi guys iv been having problems with my new windows 7 home premium x64 pc- iv got a core i7 with an asus motherboard with a few easy over clocking features (turbo evo) and i was planing on over clocking my core i7 860 (i bought a water-cooler etc) but when ever i touch any form of over clocking...
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My system:
EVGA...
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I try to run the windows experience index rating, and I get the following error:
"The Windows Experience Index for your system could not be computed"
Cannot complete assessment. The assessment or other operation did not complete successfully. This is due to an error being reported...